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I would take it into a dark room and candle it with a flashlight. Make sure there are no hairline cracks that could let bacteria into it, the cracks will be really easy to see during candling, I candle all my eggs before they go in a bator to weed out cracked ones. If the shell is intact there should be no reason not to use it.
Im no expert but is the egg heavy? Looks kinda like a chick developing...
Chances are it's fine, that just some staining or maybe excess bloom or pigment...picked up off floor when egg was still wet upon exit.
If the crack doesn't go thru the inner membrane I wouldn't worry about internal contamination.
Can they get to the nests easily? Pics of nests might help us see if there are any issues.
Some fake eggs or golf balls can help entice them to lay in nests.
New layers can be a pain until they get things in the groove, can take up to a month or so.
Put something on the floor to impede access to the spot where they think they want to lay, that can help move them to where you want them to lay.